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'Benzene evaporates easily, and most people can just detect its distinctive smell at concentrations between 2.5 and 5 parts per million (ppm) in air.' (hse.gov.uk/pubns/indg329.… [PDF])

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#Benzene #Cancer #SouthallWaterside #Southall @berkeleygroupuk @EalingCouncil @EalingCustSer @pejmason @juliangbell @EnvAgencySE @PHE_London @kamnagpal

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- short term exposure to benzene in air may cause irritation to the eyes, nose and throat, cough, a hoarse voice and breathing difficulties
- benzene [is] a cancer causing chemical
- inhalation [of] benzene may cause neurological effects

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- feeling and being sick
- stomach pain
- drowsiness, dizziness or weakness
- headache
- irritability
- skin rash
- seizures (fits)

'Harmless' @damian_leydon?



#SouthallWaterside #MakingSouthallStinknhs.uk/conditions/poi…
The longest exposure period for which there are recommended limits is 8 hours.

There's nothing to say what are the effects of being exposed to lower levels over 14 months, day and night.

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Oops! Sorry.

I forgot cancer. And Anaemia.

Chronic exposure:

'The assumption is made that there is no threshold to such effects and that any
exposure results in some increase in risk, albeit this may be very small.'

Don't take my word for it:

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Benzene also causes miscarriages.
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Jul 10, 2022
Weasel words from Ealing Labour Council, who for six years have shown utter contempt for the health and wellbeing of Southall's schoolchildren forced to live in the toxic stink created by Berkeley Group's unsafe development of the old Gasworks site. 1/11

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Take Blair Peach Primary School, adjacent to the highly contaminated old Gasworks site in Southall.

In 2016, Ealing Labour Council removed a functioning air quality monitor from the school grounds.

2/11
Shortly after, Berkeley Group began digging up the toxic land in the open air.

The head teacher of Blair Peach Primary School reported to the school governors very strong smells from the gasworks site caused headaches and asthma among staff and children.

3/11
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Apr 1, 2022
It is April Fool's Day today, of course.

What better day to unmask the real "Peter Mason" who has been fooling Ealing voters since 2009 with his fakeness and lack of openness about his own personal story and political history?

Will the real "Peter Mason" stand up? Image
Not for the first time, in last night's public election hustings, "Peter Mason" smeared local opposition to him and his toxic brand of politics claiming that it was mostly personal vindictiveness and that he asked that his mother and 'estranged father' be left out of it. Image
"Peter Mason" and his and Ealing Labour's toxic brand of politics.

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Mar 25, 2022
Who wants to know more about how, twelve years ago, an exclusive group of rich, mostly white, middle aged men in suits planned to take advantage of the financial crash and austerity politics to sell Ealing's public land and buildings for profit like they were playing monopoly? ImageImageImageImage
A few familiar and influential names including, of course, the late Tony Pidgley of Berkeley Group and Southall Gasworks infamy.

A five year plan to sell off our public assets for £20m profit.

Not a single one of these men was elected to do so. ImageImageImageImage
Talking of Southall Gasworks.

Has Southall been successfully positioned to capitalise on opportunities arising from Asia? Image
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Mar 19, 2022
Is anyone interested in seeing a selection of leaked WhatsApp group messages from some Ealing Labour councillors?

An inside look at what they really think about Bell, Mason, Sharma?

The institutional bullying and corruption they kept quiet for years?

#EalingLabourLeaks
A couple things before I get started.

My source has obviously said that it's ok to publish these.

I've edited the screenshots to remove some names. I don't want to embarrass people unnecessarily, or make them feel like they are being attacked.

Focus is on Labour leadership.
Also going to take it slow, so maybe more of a drip, drip drip than a full on Wikileaks style dump.

These are from unofficial Ealing Labour councilllor group chats from the time of current leader Mason's failed coup attempt in 2020, to his successful second attempt in 2021.
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Sep 16, 2021
Environmental report from 2006 that we paid for when we bought our home.

200m to the north is the highly contaminated old gasworks site in Southall.

500m to the south is the very congested Western Road. Image
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Hydrogen sulphide aka H2S can be present in old gasworks site, but I don't know if this is the case at Southall.

I had a feeling that VOCs can generate ozone, another pollutant that hasn't been monitored in Southall (as far as I know). Image
Minet Country Park across the other side of the canal north of the gasworks site was a landfill, as was the area around the gasholders? (Maybe H2S was a factor?) Image
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Sep 11, 2021
Congratulations to former @ealinglabour @EalingCouncil Leader @juliangbell and on his new job with @becgUK!

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Bell's old boss would be proud. Image
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